Our Starting a Business program offered in partnership with College MAC, in Montreal, continues to grow and grow. In a little over a year we have graduated over 120 students with a ASP (attestation de spécialisation professionnelle) in the Starting a Business program. Many of our students have now established their own business, are working for themselves...Read More

A couple of week ago, I received a phone call from a one hundred year old lady asking to have a perm done at the Nova hairdressing salon. The lady said that she could walk with the help of a cane and a walker. Over the phone, she told me that it was too bad...Read More

Remembrance Day is very important to me. Both of my grandfathers participated in WW2, and my Nana was a war bride. Prior to this summer, however, I only had a limited understanding of the true human experience of war. I knew the facts, but I hadn’t seen the sights or heard the stories. This changed...Read More

Have you been following our Trade It Forward campaign? If so great, if not here is your chance to get all six Golden Object Clues in one spot. If you can figure out the location of the Golden Hair Dryer hidden somewhere in the Chateauguay Valley, go there in person and be the first person...Read More

A CEGEP sneak peak, Valley community nights begin, science video-conferences are a blast… literally   CLC Wrap-up: News-notes (Oct. 2014)   Starting off with a bang! Our first ever  Soirée Communau-T « HSL » Community Nights event was a success with over 70 people visiting Ormstown Elementary School on Wednesday, October 8th to have an opportunity to see,...Read More

A Smile is What You Will See! I have met some pretty interesting people being at the front desk at CVCEC – so many stories I could tell!  Registration is probably my favorite part of my job, when a new (soon-to-be) student comes in to apply for one of our programs.  So shy and nervous,...Read More

We have organized a Student Advisory Committee at HAECC.  Our goal is to teach our students how a meeting is run and how to take responsibility for their centre.  One of our first activities was to organize something for Halloween and we had students do the advertising by word of mouth as well as by posters.   This included a...Read More

Meet: Richard Priest Are you actually a priest? Yes, but one that is married and has three kids! Priest is my family name and I run a construction and electrical company. Who’s your favorite tradesperson on TV: I have teenagers who run the TV schedule so I’m not allowed to watch “un-cool” shows. If you...Read More

Interior Finish is one of my favourite modules because we can use the learning from earlier modules and some imagination to make some very interesting projects come to life. Some of the work is quite challenging, like the cope cuts for the crown mouldings and the window dressing. When you see the finished product, and the...Read More

Networking for future job opportunities and giving back to the community all at the same time. That’s what a few of our Health, Assistance and Nursing students did during the inaugural – Health Promotion Fair held at the Brossard socio-cultural centre, put on by the Assistance Referral Centre (A.R.C.) – Health and Social Services. This...Read More